Since installing Season's my University neighborhoods run very slow (I have two). This is not the case with the entire game as the Nighlife and OFB neighborhoods work fine as well as the original base neighborhood (I took over Strangetown). I have tried removing my download folder and that did not correct the issue.

I am to the point of uninstalling and reinstalling the entire game but would rather not do that if I don't have to. Anyone have any advice? I do have every expansion and all but the most recent stuff packs along with 8gigs of downloads (yes, I've been doing some deleting). Oh, and I think I've got all the official patches.

~dizi

Zarek is one of my favorite characters ever. He has been a sim for quite a while and is featured in one of my X-Men fanfiction stories. Most importantly though, he was one of the co-winners of the "Who Wants to be a Superhero?" contest. I'm so proud of him! He even held onto his temper throughout most of the rounds. (He can be a little grumpy, but you didn't hear that from me.)



For those who would like to see more about him, here are some links to app round, round1, round2, and round3. And for those who are interested in the fanfiction, here is the first few chapters of his story but it's far from being finished.




The costume in the picture above is included, it is a recolor of SynapticSim's Superhero Base Costume found here. I was fairly happy with the results. NEEDED mesh ZenFitMaleAMBodyUnderwear_MESH found here

Credits
Eyebrows by Helaene
Eyes by Enayla
Eyelashes by Rensims
Skintone is Kavar's Coyote Athlete linked blackhair, found here
Everything else is from in-game.
(The earring in the first picture is not included as that pic is his more "casual" look, but it's by Beosboxboy here if you want it.)

If you use cleanpack installer and decide not to use the custom content, I fully understand. His eyes are green, normal Maxis brows look fine on him, eyelashes are not necessary (I just like them), and before I started using custom skintones Zarek used either the Light or Pale from the base game.

The upload was packaged with cleanpack installer, I have all expansion packs, and if I've forgotten anything please let me know so I can make corrections.

Hope you like Zarek as much as I do!
~dizi

I'm not sure if this is even a problem or I'm being overly cautious. I was working with the program files to create my startup cheats (working!Yay!) and I wa surprised to see Pets in there TWICE. I don't know how long its been like that or if I should be worried. I use the icon to load the game so haven't even looked at the programs in the start menu in forever.

Has anyone else seen this? Is it a problem? Will it affect my Seasons in any way? Am I freaking out over absolutely nothing?
~dizi

Is there some way to update all the custom fridges and dressers? I don't want to have all this stuff that isn't fully functional in my game but don't want to get rid of it because its part of a set. Even the Coke-a-Cola fridge from Maxis doesn't have all the Season's stuff available to it.

Goodness! I just realized finding the files for dressers and fridges would be almost impossible! I have almost 10gigs worth of downloads in one HUGE folder! Maybe I really should just delete the older custom content.
~dizi

Morgan Rend was an extra in my final round entry of the Femme Fatale Contest (she was my evil old lady's granddaughter here if you're interested). I became very attached to her and was heartbroken when she was lost in what I call The Deadly Sim Disaster.
 

 
Pretty sure this is the seventh version of Morgan since I started remaking all my sims. I believe this is the closest I can get to both my mental image of her and the original version. I'm happy enough with her that I can live with the differences.
 

 
For those who might be interested, Morgan has had a role in my fanfiction. She was a major character (though not the main character) in "Lost then Found" In my story, in my mind, and as possible even in my sims game, Morgan is a self-taught sorceress of the highest calibre. Being as she grew up being stalked by her grandmother (see contest link) and then was trapped in another world for an untold number of years while she learned to use her powers (see story link for where the X-Men go to that world but not how she got there and left as that is another story still in progress), she follows her own morality but she does so very strictly. Oh, and if interested, in the story Morgan will have a mutant power: talking to and understanding cats. But her real power comes from her magic, which her grandmother wants to steal.
 
However, all that isnt really necessary to enjoy her because isn't she pretty?
 

 
 
 
 
The skintone in these pics and the file is the default but I think she looks best in the Louis Pale Pink
 
--need--
hair by XMSims http://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/hair/hair09.htm
Dynamic Eyes by Ravena (free with registration)
 
--included--
eyeliner/eyelashes: Helaene
eyeshadow: Sussi
dress: Sussi

This is Carmen a girl I work with. Personally, I think she's a bit exotic and very pretty.
 
 

 
 
I took a few liberties, most notably making her lips bigger, but overall I think it's a good likeness. And she said she's always wanted bigger lips.
 
 

 
 
--NOT included--
eyes: KSK's Real Eyes
hair: Exnem's Long Hair with Bangs (free with registration)
 
 
--included--
brows: Helaene
eyeshadow: Helaene
lipstick: Helaene
eyeliner: Sussi
 
Hope ya like her!
~dizi

 
This is Maggie Gaines. She is from a story I wrote for fanfiction.net called "Ordinary People". Actually, you don't need to know that. I think she looks funky and just plain fun, so I'm sharing her and I hope you like her too.
 

 
The tatoo is part of the clothing as she comes with the basic Maxis skin.
 

 
This pic is just so you can see her hair from the side. I love this hair and picked it especially for her, even changing my story to put it in because I liked it on her so well.
 

 
 
Credits and links:
Hair- free with registration http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/cmid_533060/sims2/body/hair/
Eyeshadow- page 6 of make-up, middle of top row, http://www.rosesims2.net/
Eyeliner- (included per website's policy) http://www.helaene.com/inside.html
Lipstick- included is the Maxis black but there are much better black lipsticks available
Blush-none
Eyebrows- Maxis
Top- bottom right corner http://www.4eversimfantasy.net/fashion8.htm
Pants- again free with registration http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/clothing/female/adult/everyday/90682/
 
If you haven't registered to TSR, I highly recommend it. The better stuff is still for subscription members only but there are lots of great items free. Or at least I think so.
 
Almost forgot! I couldn't find the eyes in the previous pics so I used Echo66's Graveyard Ocean for the file http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=94294 and here's a pic with her using those instead.

Okay, this is my very first Sims2 upload EVER so please be kind.
 
 

 

 
This is Rahne Sinclair, aka Wolfsbane, from the pages of X-Men. She is a former member of GenX, X-Factor, and Excalibur. Currently (as I understand it) she is back with the 'new' X-Factor being run by Jamie Maddox the Multiple Man. As her mutant power is shape-shifting into a wolf, being able to maintain a half-wolf/half-woman form, I highly recommend making her a werewolf as quickly as possible.
 

 
Personally, I think she makes a great werewolf.
 
 
 
Credits and links: Now if I miss anything someone please let me know so I can fix it.
Eyeshadow, eyeliner, and blush by sussifriberg, which is might be on MTS since her site closed. http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=54226
Lipstick by Nouk at http://www.noukiesims2.net/
The hair is Ellu's recolor of a mesh from XMsims, the recolor and mesh links located at http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=12532 (this is the only thing NOT included)
Eyebrows and the eyes are by Echo66 again at MTS http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=79259
The shirt is from SynapticSim and is located under his profile there, but it is included with his permission. http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=74286
Lastly the pants are Maxis from the Nightlife expansion.
 
 
Many thanks to SynapticSim for his detailed instructions and help in posting this.
Right now I'm remaking ALL MY SIMS, so if people like what I'm doing I'll share more of them. Otherwise I'll continue to be greedy and keep them all to myself.
~dizi